David Mikics, the John and Rebecca Moores Professor of English at the University of Houston, will give the first lecture in this semester’s Franke Lectures in the Humanities, which will present perspectives on the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Ralph...
Author, critic, and columnist Michael Kimmelman has been appointed as the 2014 Franke Visiting Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center for the spring.Kimmelman will give a lecture titled “The Politics of Public Space” on Wednesday, April 2 at 5 p.m. in Rm...
In 1716, a 13-year-old Connecticut native named Jonathan Edwards entered Yale College, where he passionately studied contemporary issues in theology and philosophy, wrote about the natural world and metaphysics, and engaged with Enlightenment thinking....
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is acquiring the papers of author and illustrator Mo Willems, the award-winning creator of some of the most beloved characters in contemporary children’s literature, including Elephant and Piggie, Knuffle...
José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission of the European Union, will visit the campus to give a lecture on Monday, Sept. 22.Barroso’s talk, titled “Europe in the New World Order,” will be held at 3 p.m. in the Beinecke Terrace Room,...
